Hand-covering.



E. C. HUNTER.

HAND COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1915.

1,173,971. Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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- ERVIN C. HUNTER, OF GALESBURG, TLLINOIS.

HAND-COVERING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERVIN C. HUNTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Hand-Covering, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to articles of the class disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,090,826, granted to me on March 17, 1914, and which are especially adapted for use by lathers, carpenters, shinglers, etc.

The main object ofthe invention is to provide the article with a novel pocket in which nails may be conveniently carried and from which they may be readily," but in convenient quantities removed or discharged.

Another object is to provide elastic means for aiding in the retention of the nails within the pocket, by holding it yieldingly closed. 7

Still another object is to provide a minor or secondary pocket which serves to prevent either too free or accidental escape of the nails from the main pocket, and which therefore bears a cooperative relationship to the main pocket.

It is a further object to provide the article with means whereby the degree of elasticity with which the main pocket is held closed or partly closed, may be controlled.

Another object is to provide means whereby the main pocket may be readily opened.

Another object is to provide novel structural features.

Minor objects will appear; some of these will be obvious and others particularly pointed out. p

The invention consists, substantially, in the features hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention: Figure 1 is a face or front view showing the glove in position on the hand of the user; Fig. 2, a modification, seen from the front; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 1, but the wall or flap of' the main pocket turned back to show the interior thereof and to better show the minor pocket; Fig. 4, a back view, slightly in perspective; and Fig. 5, a front end view, slightly in perspective.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 2 indicates a palm proper, constituting the inner wall of the main pocket. United there- Specification of Letters Patent.

' lapping the Patented Feb. 29,1916.

Application filed February 23, 1915. Serial No. 10,019.

to by stitches 3 is a piece 3 constituting one member of the back. Adjacent edges of the pieces 2 and 3 are cut away to .form a thumbhole 4.

5 indicates the glove-front and outer edge piece secured at one edge by the stitches 3 to the pieces 2 and 3 and at its other edge, by stitches 6, (Fig. 5) to the other edge of the piece 3, the last recited edge being refleXedat 7 to provide for extreme adjustability so that it will be necessary tomake but one sized glove to fit any ordinary mans hand. The outer end of the pocket is formed by a line of stitches 8, its wrist end by stitches 9, and its inner or thumb end by the stitches 3, its unsecured or open portion being indicated by 10, 10. The pocket itself is shown in open position in Fig. 5 and is indicated by 11. The pocket-wall, 5, is shown in Fig. 3 as turned backward, but this is merely illustrative and it never occupies that position when the glove is in use. It is to be noted that the unstitched portion is substantially triangular.

12 indicates a pocket-reinforce piece secured at one of its sides to the wall 5 by stitches 8 and at its other side to said wall by stitches 13, and at its front and rear ends it is secured to said wall by stitches 14 and 9 respectively.

15 indicates a minor or nail-retarding pocket formed preferably of a triangular piece of material sewed at its base and one of its sides to the palm 2, that one of its sides which confronts the main pocket being unsecured.

16 designates an adjusting-strap secured at one end to the member 5, its free end overlapping the adjacent edge of the memher 3 where it engages the tongue of a buckle 17 18 designates an elastic pocket closing strap one end of which engages the free corner of the pocket-wall 5 and the other end of which is run backward through the loop of said buckle and stitched at 19 to the piece 3.

20 indicates suitable adjusting means, as a cord, engaging eyelets in adjacent portions of the elements 3 and 5 and overfold 7.

21 indicates a tab secured to the free cor- 'ner of the wall 5, whereby it may be readily opened.

' 22, 22 indicate loops adapted to pass between the fingers of the hand.

In the modification shown byF-ig. 2 there is a row of stitches 3 uniting the inner or thumb side of a p0cket-vvall 5".to the palm at that side of the glove, and a row of stitches 8 uniting said wall and palm near the outer side or edge of the glove. The

. tract and holdthe wall yieldingly down upon the'nails contained in'the pocket. To

remove one or more nails hewill move his hand with or in a somewhat rapid orjerking manner and the momentum will discharge one or more nails into his fingers,

fwhich he will naturally curl up to receive them. It will be seen that the pocket 11 is relatively very large, owing in part to its I beingopen ontwo of its sides or edges.-

In order toprevent an unnecessary number of nails being thrown from the pocket 11' I have provided the. minor or retarding pocket 15, which being disposed at the juncture of the index finger with the body of the hand, will be curved and thereby automatically'thrown open as the fingers are'curled in the manner above noted, whereby it acts as a nail-detaining pocket. 'The nails fall onto the fingers and one may be grasped be-/ 7 tween the thumb and indexfinger, in positionfor driving, the others being held in the cupped fingers.

I In th foregoing I have described some ing said corner position; c r

3; An article of the class described com-f prising aback, a palm, a pocket-wall secured to said palm but having a triangular portion" of the modes which might be adopted in the practice of my. invention, but have not undertaken to specify. all that-might be em ployed, the object of this specification being to instruct glovemakers and others skilled in this art to understand and carryout the principles of the invention; and I desire it to be understood that by describing specific forms I have not intended toeX- clude others not herein referred to but which are within the spiritof the ven o .I therefore claim; V 7

1. An article of the; class describedj comg prising elements which combine to constitute a pocket open toward the thumb and. fingers,

an elastic element adapted to hold the pocket I yieldingly closed, and meansfor regulating.

the tension of the elastic element. I

2. An: article of the class described: including a back, a palm proper secured therements but a substantially triangular corner piecethereof left free, and'means for hold to. n a to, a pocket-wall secured to both of said ele-' V .P q n yi eldingly clos d left free, means for holding saidtrian'gular" portion yieldingly in operative position, and

a pocketlsecured to said palm, .confrontmg H the free edge of said 'wall, and overlapped 7 V Copies-of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing th eflcomniissione'rof Patents,

Washington, 13.70. 

